Tsukasa Ito - Soundfiction

Here’s a your chance to sit back and contemplate over these wonderful tunes Tsukasa Ito offers us in his latest mix for the growing bin.

I have the fondest memories of listening to Tsukasa play at Shelter in 2012. Having not slept for three days in a row before this evening due to an insane jetlag made me embrace his warm and subtle soundscapes even more. If you followed his excellent collection of mixes over the years (great examples here, here, here & here) you know what I mean. If you’re in Tokyo don’t miss one of the monthly nights Tsuakasa is celebrating with Chee and Ginji out in 〒192-0071 Hachiōji-shi at SHELTER

Thank so much Tsukasa. Now here’s Soundfiction

Instant Peterson & Andras - Diggers Rest

Two hard working men, fingertips black - exhausted from digging the deepest crates - take some time out in the middle of nowhere - somewhere down under. here's their soundtrack to chilling hard! Hugest thanks for sharing to Andy and Lew!!

Gigi Masin live in Amsterdam

Gigi Masin Online Radio Festival x Boiler Room...

this is beyond wonderful ... 

Dubby - Night Mirage

I'm very happy to announce a new guest mix at the bin. A mix made by my friend Dubby from Tokyo, Japan. Dubby is a longtime collector and DJ. Last year he started the ONDAS online shop for undiscovered japanese treasures. Not a completely new thing to master Dubby as he's been the buyer for the legendary Cisco Records for 10 years.
Back to the music. Night Mirage is night music as one would guess. Relaxing yet paralizing. A night drive into the unknown dark. Experimental beauty. Enjoy your trip. THANKS DUBBY!

in the garden

This summer I had the pleasure to play some records in the wonderful Garden at Zadar, Croatia. If you have the chance travel there - do so - you won't regret!!
Here's the recording of the first hour from saturday afternoon. Every time I listen to it I have the fondest memories of standing there in the shade, watching the ships float by, sipping on Aperol Spritz and playing some music for my lady reading a book, Bobby Beige taking a nap and the garden's guests chilling out.
I feel the urge have to mention that this mix starts with a recording by Luc Ferrari called Presque Rien No.1 (Le Lever Du Jour Au Bord De La Mer). The original recordings for this piece are said to be recorded at the croation coast not far away from Zadar so I took the opportunity to bring it back there. Kind of my way to say thank you, Monsieur Ferrari. At least I got rewarded by some strange looks of the garden's service team :) I hope you enjoy this releaxed hour ...

Hugest thanks to Bobby, Charlotte, Nick and the whole Garden Team for some amazing days in the sun!

gbr002

i can tell you it feels great to release one of the most wonderful albums I've ever heard!! we're talking about A.r.t. Wilson's Overworld here. A.r.t. aka Andras Fox originally recorded this for the contemporary dance work Overworld by Sarah Aiken and Rebecca Jensen and released this april on tape in limited quantities.
Now it's available in "classy white" and "pink lake" vinyl.
The presale just started, so if you want to make sure to get a copy order it here

Phantom Actors

Jonny Nash's incredibly beautiful first solo LP is available for pre order now.
Check out his bandcamp page for some first minutes of bliss ...

The Kenneth Bager Experience

we're back with more of the good stuff from Kenneth Bager. He was so generous to give us a track of his new Kenneth Bager Experience album called Follow The Beat that will be coming soon. Thanks a LOT Kenneth!! Downloads expire soon so be there or be square ...

Moonboots on Balearic Social Radio!

 

Last year's last show of Andy Pye's excellent Balearic Social Radio featured a 3-hour long  Moonboots mix. I have hardly listened to anything else the last days...





Desperate Pleasures

I was just listening to this awesome EP by Tornado Wallace on Beats In Space and had to share these subtropic ambient disco pleasures with you. cheers, Basso

Merge - Long Distance LP PRESALE

yippeeeee!!

our first record is being pressed these days and will arrive around
october 24th. there will be no more than 420 copies worldwide ...
you can preorder here:

RUSH HOUR 

GROWING BIN RECORDS

Cheers, Basso

Leon Lowman's Liquid Diamonds

Here 's the Reissue / Compilation of the year!
Made by the almighty Music From Memory / Red Light Records Crew!

just in case someone missed this compilation of impossible to find tunes by Leon Lowman by now - be quick, it's almost sold out. You still find copies at Relight Records Amsterdam, Rush Hour and at growing bin records though : )

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Henri Aleksi - Closing Time In Mexico

the growing bin has been sent some lovely mixes in the last weeks and and I'm sorry that didn't yet manage to post these - until today!
so we're going to spoil you with 3 mixes in a row now - starting off with Henri Aleksi's Closing Time in Mexico.
Henri's a music lover from Helsinki. He's studying Portugese and Latin American studies - no surprise then that there's a lot of that wonderful south american organic sound in the mix. He mingles it with contemporary classical, blissful jazz, ambient and balearic tunes and creates an atmosphere that makes me want to set sails for the desert.....and blissfully drift away - LISTEN!

Thanks Henri!!


PS. more of his Sound here & here

one of my favourite albums ever

I'd just like to celebrate this wonderful and timeless album with you. I won't tell you what I love so much about this album, because pretty soon you'll feel it anyway.
Fila Brazillia have always been heroes to me and Maim That Tune is my fave among their many (and still not enough) albums (all amazing). This particular album is 18 years old now and I can't believe how time flies. Nevertheless I still enjoy this like day one. Back in the days people called this downtempo, triphop or chillout, but none of these pigeonholes seems to work for Fila.
Been listening to this record a lot when traveling and the sounds have been weaved into so many neural networks.... Played out a CD and had to buy another one, taped it to cassette, mini disc, converted it to mp3 for traveling AND had many dreams of seeing this on vinyl one day. Btw - why doesn't some friendly guy out there make my dream come true? I'm sure a LOT of people would be happy about it... how about a gatefold double abum ; ) Another dream of mine is a Fila Brazillia ambient album, but I better stop pestering you with my dreams. God bless Fila Brazillia!

LISTEN AND DOWNLOAD HERE 

Seekmagic - Treasure of Secrets

Time for another guest mix!
This time we proudly present Seekmagic's Nick Cubley from Newcastle upon Tyne /UK. He began the lovely seekmagic blog back in 2009 as a means of putting his mixes out on the internet after friends told him they were worthy of a wider audience (AND OH YES,  THEY ARE!) 
"Treasure of secrets" is a true reflection of the music Nick plays at the Seekmagic nights. He hosts these together with his friends Dave Lovenbury and Danny Potts. Check them guys out on the last saturday of every month, at their spiritual home in the city, The Tanners Arms. 
But first listen to his wonderful laid back mix ....



Thanks a lot Nick!

Antony Kein - Embracing the light

our first guest mix this year comes from Athens based musician, DJ and collector Antony Kein. It's a wonderful blissed out trip full of ambient beauties and balearic jazz and I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do.

DOWNLOAD HERE

and make sure to check out his mixes also at Plaid Music, ANOE, Amen Brother, Higher Love and Pleasure Cruis'n

Graphic Soundtrack

More Torgue. This one is a bit unusual in that it was commissioned to coincide with the release of a graphic novel with artwork by Christian Lejalé and Philippe Caza. Henry Torgue composed the music and performed on synthesizers and piano with accompaniment from Orchestre De La Ville De Rennes. Memoire is a long time favorite. Hope you enjoy it.

Memoire

Melting wax ....

As far as I know there are 5 "interesting" libraries on UBM. Two of them posted here already and off we go with a third. Icarus by David Rosenstein. Mr Rosenstein is just another Ralph Haldenby, I suppose. Nobody else but Uwe Buschkötter and his crew... most of the tracks were written by famous german jazzman Manfred Schoof. And so the record is in fact a little jazzy. First track - Weather Report, if that doesn't give a direction? Well actually they're going many directions again on this one. Excellent Jazz Funk and Fusion is one of them, of course. But also some cosmic electronics and to my personal pleasure some ambient tunes as well. Check out Nucleus on the B-Side. Doesn't the synth sound exactly like on Skyracer? And don't you think that Icarus might be a sequel of Skyracer, thematically?
Nuff talk - time for a listen. Link in the comments.
Cheers, Basso

The Land of Light

something incredibly beautful is happening these days.
we are finally reaching the Land of Light!
Jonny Nash and Kyle Martin are leading us the way to realms so peaceful I want to shed tears of joy.
Thanks a lot guys and big up to Andrew the ferryman!

the comet.......

The comet arrived in 1986 and he blow the minds of the ones who liked their New Age Music a little cosmic. The titles of course all are of a cosmic nature. Such as The Comet, Orion, Plejades, Black Hole, etc.....
I deeply dig every song on this record and I hope you'll enjoy it too. More info and copies galore

Cheers, Basso